Q9450, 9800GX2, 8GB DDR2 MOBO PLEASE?

the motherboard does the OCing for the CPU, so if you take it out and put it in another board, it would automatically go back to the original specs, voltages etc.

 

Thank you! Out of intrest someone in London had the GTX 280: http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/339793-vr-zone-gtx-280-gpu-z.html

But I am going to wait and see some benchmarks first of all.

 

I wouldn't think much of anything you hear about the GTX280 until very shortly before it comes out.

 

im from london, it could have been me

and boys, get of TEH internets, its too late for you little uns.

 

little uns eh? How old are you again?

 

its only 9:30 over here in iowa.

@sam, i thought that 1.35 was the safe voltage for a 45nm chip?

 

I've heard many conflicting answers - so far the only safe one seems to be not to overvolt the chips at all. I think the 45nm Duals got clearance for 1.35v but not the quads.

 

18 but thats beside the point
what about you?

and Quads will always need more V than their dual core buddies. esp the xenon i put. speed binned and made to stay stable under presure

 

haha, oh really?
20.


Quad cores will indeed need more voltage - but you can't give it to them, or they'll fail within weeks. The downside of the 45nm Quads is you'll either have to settle for periodic replacement, or live with a small overclock.

 

i havent heard any problems with the quads in the last month or so. looks like intel has sorted it out, and the Q9450 are typically hitting 3.6+ w.o problems now.

its just that at the begging people were putting the 65nm voltages through them, which would over volt them too much at over 1.38

all seems to be fine now. and they clock well, and are very cool.

 

OK thank you all for your help so far. I am now at the stage of investing in my RAM. Can anyone recommend me the fastest and best 8GB of DDR2 (4x 2GB). I am going to overclock the Q9450 to about 3.2ghz per core using the Asus Rampage.

Can someone please help me choose the best, I am not so concerned about the money but instead being able to overclock the Q9450 and having the most powerfull RAM to support my PC running a 64bit as powerfull as possible and helping FSX go as fast as possible. I use CS3 and Cubase as well.

Many many thanks again.

 

3.2 is 400 x 8 so any 8GB of PC6400 will do.

go for either corsair or ocz or geil imo. (no fansy heasinks needed )

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...num Low Latency XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P8008GQ)

 

For guaranteed compatibility I'd stick with Corsair. Get two of these: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=632574

 

go with sams option. much better IMO

 

Thanks Sam, you have been a fountain of knowledge to me! I much appreciate everything. When it comes to overclocking I am fairly new to its niche. How can I tell what is the best Ram for my board? Is it down to the brand or is there a specific speed I should be looking at. I am guessing that I should be able to overclock each core at 3.2 as someone else has managed to do that with the Q9450 but does it rely or depend on the RAM with how much I should push the overclocking?

Thanks again.

 

Thanks for the compliment...
I'm a bit of a 'stick to what works' kind of guy with regard to RAM. This meaning that I always stick to recommending Corsair XMS2 stuff, typically PC2 6400 speed (800mhz) as it's rock solid reliable, and is compatible with pretty much any board out there. For higher front side bus speeds, such as when overclocking, it's a step up to using the Dominator branded PC2 8500 stuff - and exclusively this as the list of compatible memory with the good high end boards is very small at 8500 speed.

So that would be either the link I posted earlier, or this one: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=782925

I confess I don't have personal experience of the 2GB modules, but have recommended them on several occasions and have had no negative feedback so far, and wasn't expecting any. For compatibility and reliability, Corsair seem leagues ahead of most other brands.
You might say that sounds like fanboyism, and guilty as charged, but I've seen a lot of people get stung by faulty or incompatible memory. Why take the risk?

 

i have the 2x1GB versions, that are 4-4-4-12, and i have relaxed them to 5-5-5-15 and taken them over 990, but havent pushed them more yet.


brilliant sticks

 

Thanks Sam, I have been looking at my manual for my ASUS Rampage ) http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us)and am not too sure how to narrow my search my ram down.


I have found the following including your suggestion? Does anyone know if I am on the right tracks or suggest any more thats better, or if so from the list below which one is the best or are any better ones out there?

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PK PC2-8500C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK): http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-023-GS

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 PC2-8500 (1066):
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=782925

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800):
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=632574

Thanks in advance.

 

Sorry I forgot to add these 2 as well (I could not find an edit button in the thread):

240 Pin DDR2 PC2-8500 - DDR2-1066: http://www.offtek.co.uk/ddr2.php?subcat=70&subgroup=1&memtype=DDR2-PC8500

and 2Gb Team DDR2 PC2-9600 1200MHz Xtreem Dual Channel kit CL5:
http://computers.pricegrabber.co.uk...skd=1/search=ddr2%209600/st=product/sv=title/

Thank you again..